Tatra Jasne Pelne (Pils)

Brewed by Grupa Zywiec
Style: Premium Lager
Zywiec, Poland

Bottle. I’ve had a few of these but couldn’t find this beer in U.S. Anyhow, I thought that this was pretty good and deffinately better than Zywiec. Flavor is malty with notes of honey and earthly aroma. Hops are clearly present but do not overpower the taste like other pilsners do. Strong finish.

Very good and refreshing. Even better than some german analogs.

Although this is brewed by the same company that makes Zywiec Pils, I preferred this beer to Zywiec. Maybe because it is a lighter beer that has an exceptional taste. This made it perfect to drink with meals or just while hanging out with a few friends. You will not be in ecstacy with this beer, but you will enjoy every sip. When in Poland, buy the Tatra Pils... a refined Polskie Piwo!!

Just the thing to have with a plate of pierogi at a restaurant on Milwaukee Avenue. Quite strong with a decent pilsener taste. Probably the most readily available, popular Polish beer in America. What's the deal with the thermometer gimmick on the bottle? I guess their point is that this beer should be served just shy of frozen. That worries me because I associate that with bad American "pilseners." But Zywiec if you can pronounce it and find it, is worth checking out.

Golden color with a somewhat wispy off white head. Eye opening aromas in that I was expecting the typical Euro lager scent with industrial malt and some alcohol. Instead, I am greeted by mild honey and pale malt mixed with pleasant sweet floral aromas. Great aromas... no, but certainly a better scent than many polish lager. Very heavy, nearly cloying feel. Pale malt and a sweet biscuit flavor in the front. Some floral hops in the middle. A bit of alcohol in the in the finish and linger. A mild citric bite in the linger as well. A fall day kind of brew.

Mine was 5.7%. Too soapy but also nice perfume aroma. Golden, white frothy head, good lace. Flowery, fresh, hops. Strange for a pils. Being a pils with these flavors I hated it first but after half a bottle I started to like it. Long flowery finish.

08/08 Tatra Jasne Pelne, 0.5 l can on a gas station near Warszawa. Interesting candy malt with ale yeast characteristics. Sweetish flavor, also quite like Belgian ale, with flower and honey malted. Some sweet fruitness as well, so a bit cloying. Full bodied, with long sweetish finish where honey is felt the most. Now I see it’s classified like a pilsener, well, it is surely the oddest pilsener I’ve ever tried. So weird...like you’re drinking an ale, but I like it.

Pale yellow. Dry, clean and bitter. A typical pils.